CVE-2023-5448 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 3.5.9. This flaw stems from inadequate nonce validation in the update_password_validate function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset a user's password if they can trick the user into clicking a malicious link. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring user interaction but no authentication. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aviplugins:wp_register_profile_with_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.